I’d won a commission to paint a canvas for a music video after an artist friend of mine put it out on Facebook that he was looking for a person who did live painting for a music video. I sent him a quick message with my links and details and got one straight back with a ‘You’d be perfect! I’ll pass the director your details’. Thinking that I’d be shortlisted and have to pitch my experience with my Skylarking practice, I waited. Instead I got the call.

A chat with Steve Glashier (who started following me on Instagram the day before, I checked him out – he’d done music video shoots, one for Chrissie Hynde. I got a little excited when I saw this.) revealed that it was indeed a video for her and that I was offered the commission. I was such a fan of her music with The…